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on the boulevard below
last night’s rain puddles
midst the chaos of metro-clutter
held hostage by tire and curb
as if abandoned by the waters of earth
it shoulders its way through the gutters
in search of mother sea
this day begins golden and crisp
bird songs echo empty sunrise streets
me and the first edition
we sit by this morning window
with coffee and curiosity
quietly serenaded by the 5:00 AM news
I read
occasionally glimpse the screen
grow troubled by our human plight
amazed how we never learn
when the answers seem so obvious
in this moment
the tv drones
my frustration rises
my spirit slips
my mind drifts
lifting on the vapor ribbons
wafting from my steaming cup
until I stare distracted
the announcer’s mouth continues sculpting words
but I’ve fallen deep into my thoughts
imagining how different it would be
if I ruled this world
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rob kistner © 2011
Fervent writing, you got me going. How different, indeed. I know of an island in a sea of poets over which you ruled with supreme kindness. 😉
LOL! I wasn’t ready for you actually wanting to be king…
thank you for your kind words Brenda… 😉
Ah, if I ruled the world!
I most certainly would not make the same mistakes as those who rule us.
at least, not to start out with.
Brilliant, and I loved ‘the announcer’s mouth continues sculpting words’ ooh very good!
for sure it would be a different world if a kind poet man would rule the world…
nice! 🙂
JJRod’z
Interesting take on the prompt.
There’s a song like that…If I Ruled The World. James Brown sang it, I know.
This reminded me of me, in front of some show with my coffee, when something sets my mind to drifting (it isn’t very hard to do) and i only come back several minutes later, with no idea what’s been said.
We never learn. Too true.
We just have to keep hope alive that we will learn someday.
Nicely done. I particularly like the alliteration at the end of “we sit by this morning window/with coffee and curiosity.”
My Magpie 86 entry is Cepheus.
Nicely done. I particularly like the alliteration at the end of “we sit by this morning window/with coffee and curiosity”
This is why I don’t watch the morning news shows anymore…wonderful write, Rob…
I avoid the news most of the time Tess, for this precise reason… 🙂
If Rob ruled the world what a difference there would be
Ah, this is marvelous! And that ending! Unexpected, and marvelous (as most unexpected things are). Thank you!
beautiful serenit that darkens with the day
some lovely lines here
Dear Rob: So much to like here!
midst the chaos of metro-clutter
Wonderful word play here and brilliant imagery!
lifting on the vapor ribbons
and
sculpting words
Very!
I think we all have those thought from time to time! Well done!
that depends what are your campaign promises…not that you have to stand behind them…just sell them to get elected…ha…the answers so obvious they are missed, yep…
What a great write!
“we sit by this morning window
with coffee and curiosity”
Love that!
….. that staring off into space thing conjures up all sorts of fun fantasies.
If you were the sunrise king
the blues would be the national
anthem, a GTO would be the
primary limousine, we would
have socialized medicine,
Thursday would be free bread
day, racism would ebb, nationalism
would take on a new face, TCM
would be mandatory viewing,
Woody Allen would be your jester,
Kath would be the queen, of course,
and poetry would rise again in
the educational systems.
Very close Glenn, save that poetry would be mandatory… 😉
It flowed so well.
I love the ending, wistful, almost.
Really good poem…heartfelt. Chuckled at the end! Agree with you though, we never do seem to learn..I stopped watching the news a while ago. Can’t seem to bear it any more…
so much can happen in a moment of time and you’ve captured it so well
Yes the news any variation is the same old crap over and over and over again, you’d think people would wise up. Be so much different if many got a chance to rule the world.
You’d get my vote! fantastic take on our trying times. Deja vu? We’ve been down this same road so many times in hopes the powers that be would save us…think it’s time to start saving ourselves…follow the example the powers that be present…Lord knows they’re taking good care of THEM! Sorry…soapbox moment, try to keep that to my own space!
A fine capture – and so true: we never do learn, silly creatures that we are. Hell, speaking as a journalist: we certainly do have a predilection for our news. Lovely visual though.
A fine write – if I ruled the world it would be all different too.
Anna :o]
I suppose the thoughts of most of us meander to the same place. Great poem; like the flow, alliteration and near-rhymes.
what a wonderful thought to be able to rule this world
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Oh, if only. Lovely!